The truth is, yes- I've seen it too. But I also know that I worked for an airline that had a pretty decent reputation with ATC once we changed names. The airline had to work for it. We did the same thing - made most ATC requests, were positive and upbeat, didn't ***** over the frequency, and were ready to go when we got there.

There are airlines out there that have good reputations, and those that have bad ones. How many times have you been behind an American Airlines flight taxiing so slow that a senior citizen with a walker could probably beat them to the runway? That's just one example.

Maybe when you ditch you're **** poor attitude and learn to work with ATC and not against them, you'll find things going your way a bit more.